Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 100
दारादिद्रव्यलोभार्यं विशतः पापिनो गृहे । भवानपि बिभेत्यस्माद्द्वेष्टि कुप्यति तद्वृथा
dārādidravyalobhāryaṃ viśataḥ pāpino gṛhe | bhavānapi bibhetyasmāddveṣṭi kupyati tadvṛthā
পাপীর গৃহে প্রবেশ করলে দারা, ধন প্রভৃতির লোভে তা ভরে ওঠে; এতে আপনিও ভীত হন, দ্বেষ করেন ও ক্রুদ্ধ হন—অতএব একে বৃথা বলা সঙ্গত নয়।
Nandabhadra
Scene: A contrast tableau: a dark, cluttered house symbolizing greed and possessiveness; outside, a composed ascetic or teacher warns a listener whose face shows fear/anger, illustrating inner disturbance caused by attachment.
FAQs
Moral revulsion toward greed and wrongdoing shows an intuitive recognition of dharma; dismissing ethics as ‘false’ does not hold.
No site is mentioned.
None; it is ethical argumentation rather than a ritual directive.